Down the Line: Roanoke College women’s swimmers urge NCAA to ‘save women’s sports’ from trans competitors

A debate about the relatively few transgender women competing in sports put a spotlight on the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the state of Virginia this week. The Roanoke College women’s swimming team held a press conference Thursday, asking the NCAA to save women’s sports from trans women competitors. The Maroons relayed a recent incident involving a trans swimmer who had joined the women’s team this year after competing as a man for Roanoke. (That unidentified swimmer since has quit, possibly wanting to avoid the scrutiny and spotlight her situation...